Magistical Memories' Oct Guest Design Team sketch

I realised I have a piece of 

Magistical Memories' mini film strip 

and wanted to see how it would work out 

with October's sketch . 

Still very happy to be working with the 

Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue line -

I cut out all the patterns on the Foo on Film paper

and re-pieced them together , 

using the sketch as inspo. 

It feels like I haven't misted on a layout for a loooong time 

so I had to try out something new here - 

I used a new found brand of mist  - by Luminarte - 

their pearl mists have arrived before  Ranger's Pearl ones 

& this is the only color I have on hand - a pearl Lilac. 

 I think it has the most shimmer amongst all the brands available currently . 

I used it with a new Prima mask . 

I am loving the MS Monarch butterfly punch with vellum here - 

it's also a good way to use up leftover vellum from a previous project - 

& we're all such frugal scrappers , rite , we just can't throw out leftovers. 

The naked chipboard trend is so in right now 

and I just had to try it out here - 

 I do like the original color of the chippie so that helps  ! .

I stamped an Ali Edwards Technique Tuesday sentiment

 here in Brilliance Black ink , 

before backing the film strip with the petite size Double Feature pp. 

Plenty of time still for you to take part &

 have a shot at being our Guest Designer in December ! 

 LOTS of fun chipboard goodies to play with throughout your month as designer!!

Caardvarks' latest challenge

The latest Caardvark challenge is to create

a card based upon one of the Crew Caards. 

Simple enough for me ! ;) 

I scraplifted DT member , Ashley Newell's card . 

Still enjoying the new Webster's Pages petite papers - 

Sweet Season here . 

Other Supplies : 

WP's bloomers & sparklers,

SRM Sticker Sentiments - Thank You ,

Maya Road chipboard ornate frame,

Bazzill Swiss Dot cardstock 

You're special ! Webster's Pages Sweet Season

So far I've been making it a point to cut into 

my new Webster's Pages petite paper pads - 

the only line I haven't used yet is WonderFall. 

Love the colors in the Sweet Season papers , 

I felt the patterns are versatile enough 

that I can use it  for non-seasonal purposes too.

My supplies : 

WP Sweet Season 6x6 papers  & trim,

SRM Sticker Sentiments - Thinking of You,

assorted florals from Bangkok.;)

Tip : I cut the broad peach WP lace trim into 2 halves 

& used it as borders for the sentiment block. 

Little Shop of Sketches #72

The latest sketch is up & running this week 

over at the Little Shop of Sketches . 

I had a go at using some of the Crate Paper Restoration line , 

together with some Chelley Bean Designs' denim lollipop flowers,

MR kraft doilies,Prima lace & lots of little flowers all over.:) 

Head on over here to check out all the DT inspo ! 

p/s : I went to have a lookie at what's new this week at our LSS today 

& all the new Pink Paislee Sweetness pps ( save for one particular pattern ) 

were sold out within a day of release ! 

I think the other line that went fast was the Prima Jack & Jill. 

So I guess I will patiently wait for BG Curio now - 

having "saved" on not getting the Pink Paislee Sweetness ! 

Magistical Memories' Guest Designer Challenge for Oct

The winner of this month's sketch challenge will be

 Magistical Memories Guest Designer for the month of December!!!

Here's the sketch : 

& some rules to play by : 

*LO MUST contain chipboard

*Chipboard DOES NOT have to be Magistical Memories chipboard.

*Upload your layout using the linker at the end of this blog post.

*Project MUST be loaded by midnight EST on Oct 31.

Winner will be announced by Nov 5th. 

The winner will be our December Guest designer. 

There will be LOTS of fun chipboard goodies to play with 

throughout the month as  guest designer!!

Hope to see some of my scrappy pals playing along with this one ! ;) 

Waiting for Santa

With some of the latest Christmas releases in hand ,

I already feel inspired to start creating Christmas themed projects, 

starting with cards. ;) 

My card for ICS#86 this week . 

Last year's K&CO vintage Christmas embellies

go very well with the latest WP Waiting for Santa release

as does Prima's poinsettas here. 

Check out the rest of the DT eye candy here. 

Altered Corkboard - new Webster's Pages HollyWood Vogue

2 weeks ago I was handed a dollarstore corkboard 

and with it , a request to create a gift out of it .

I also had only 2 hours to complete it  , 

for our glamour gal featured here.:) 

Fortunately, the latest Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue

had landed on our sunny shores and I immediately thought of using it 

for this fun little gift project. 

After deciding on the background paper to use , 

I fussy cut the coordinating vellum paper of this line & 

layered it unto of the background paper on the top right corner 

and bottom left of the board. 

The floral film strip from the Foo on Film pp

and the blue green backgrd pp called Stardom 

provided the right details & color contrast for this 

quick project. 

Coordinating bloomers & new Prima pearl swirls that I had on hand 

helped provide a unique finishing touch that I was looking for.;)

It's Magistical !!!!

Woke up on Sat morning to this fun news ! 

I get to be on the DT for 

Magistical Memories !!!!

with the following fabulous artistes ! 

Cherry Nelson
Carrie Ferrier
Becky Thackson
Pamela Young

and the current DT members  - 

Sue Fields
Amy Teets
Lisa Dorsey
Charlene Cundy
Annelie Maddock
Tina McDonald 
Rebecca Price

Fun times ahead  with this team !!! 

Happy World Cardmaking Day !!!

If you are looking for some cardmaking inspiration on this special holiday , 
make sure you check out some other blogs on the "World Blog Tour".
You can see them HERE. 

(Click on "Mr. Linky" and you will see the list of blogs)

Look out for lots of challenges hosted all over the web too ! 

I'm taking the opportunity to start making Christmas cards 

with some of the latest Christmas releases this year . 

For now, I have a Crate Paper Restoration card to share : 

Supplies : 

Bazzill CC, CP restoration pps , chipboard & border sticker, 

Maya Rd gingham flower , 

SRM Stickers - Quick Cards - Hello

Have a great time craftng away ! ;)

ICS #85

My card this week for ICS #85. 

Supplies : Prima Paisley Road pps ,

Karen Foster clear sticker sentiment,

Prima florals , Maya Rd trim , 

Martha Stewart pinked scallop punch.

***** Blog Giveaway Winner *****

Announcing the winner of my latest blog giveaway ,

as chosen by radom.org 

-  always wanted to use this service , 

like on many giveaways I've seen !;) 

None other than Mo !!!!!! 

woot ! do send me an email  !!

KCK Challenge #1

trying out a local crafting challenge for a change - 

a first one by KCK . 

I've used their chipboard tag here . 

Other supplies : 

DCWV Butterflies & Blossoms glittered pp, 

Core'dinations cardstock.

KI Memories' glittered alpha. 

SRM Stickers Card sketch challenge

SRM's latest card sketch challenge is back. 

I couldn't resist trying it out 

with some new stash on hand. 

I tried out here Webster's Pages' Hollywood Vogue petite papers 

( comes in a 6x6 pad) ,

with some of their latest matching bloomers & trims. 

I've also misted a GCD Studio's flocked paper 

with new Luminarte's Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist 

( now is that a mouthful for a product ! 

but a rather yummy one in terms of shimmery color for sure ! ) 

I love clear sentiment stickers for the crispness of print

& of course JJ  dear will understand best why 

I'm over the moon having some of these SRM stickers in hand now. ;)

I've used their Quick Cards Congrats sentiment.

LSOS Sketch 71

****Please Click Here or Scroll Down to take part in my latest blog giveaway ****

Sketch #71 is up & running over at LSOS . 

My take here using the latest SF Mix & Mend papers 

& featuring Chelly Bean Designs' demin eco flowers .

I altered them slightly -

 i toned down the pink felt center with an emerald green Glimmer Glaze , 

and then traced out the flower shapes on white paper in different sizes , 

misted them and added that layer to the demin flowers for a fun touch. 

Added some of my own handdyed ,crinkled ribbons to finish the layout. ;) 

Keep sending in those layouts at Mieke0510@hotmail.com,

 we hope to upload them on the LSOS blog next week!

 We have some prizes to win, with sketch #70 &71 for Sept.

I'm a Kiki Art Scarlet !!!

Absolutely Delighted to say I've been selected 

to a be Kiki Art Scarlet !!!

Papilio Rumanzovia Butterfly on Flower Philippines (aka "SCARLETS")

& I'm together on the team with these wonderful artistes : 

• DANA TATAR
• TAJANEE WHITE
• ERIKA TAYLOR
• WENDI ROBINSON
• MARCI KNECHT
• ANNELIE MADDOCK

Kiki Art will have 3 groups within their design team -

do check out their blog & the fun annoucement here. 

It's been a wonderful September for me so far -

& to celebrate how about a little blog giveaway for one lucky commenter here  - ;)  

I have a 10 yard crinkled ribbon sampler to give away , handdyed by me ! 

Since August , I have been creating my own handdyed ribbon colors - 

& I think I have more than 20 colors on hand now - this pic is now old ! lol 

I will also have an embellishment kit to add on.

To play along , just leave a comment here telling me 

what are some of your fave colors & embellies .

 - I will try to tailor the giveaway to the recipient's preferences ;) 

I'll announce the winner on Sept 30th ! 

ICSketches #84

ICS #84 is up and running 

and this week there are 

2 prizes to play for -

head over here to check them out ! 

My Little Sketch Blook Sunday Sketch

Here's the latest Sunday Sketch up 

over at Liz Qualman's blog . 

And my take as one of the guest designers this week . 

I had some new product in my stash that I really wanted to use 

so that was my primary focus with this sketch. 

Using the Jillibean Soup Monster Stew papers , 

I chose to use 2 of the scalloped frames in the line, 

 instead of using the semi circles as prompted by the sketch. 

I built up the layout design from there - 

picking a photo of DS to match the paper . 

I often have difficulty embellishing boy layouts - 

so I turned to some new Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze 

to create a unique background with a drippy paint technique. 

After the Glaze drips had dried I also misted on some new Chalkboard Glimmer Mists 

to add a little subtle color to the background.

 Lastly,  I couldn't resist painting on some Gold Gimmer Glam below the title . 

I cut out some fun monster faces as embellies 

as well as added some Such Sweet Tierney handmade chipboard buttons."

ICSketches #83

My Prima card for ICS this week.

All papers used are from the Paisley Rd line - 

so are the glittered chipboard journaling spot

and the pebble for the ribbon centre . 

This week , Taylor, Creator and owner of InStyle Stamps.

 giving the winner of this challenge 4 Free Digi Imagesof their choice.

The Scrappiest Sketch 81 - test drive

Here's this week's Scrappiest Sketch 81 

up & running . 

I realised today I've never tried making my own "patterned paper" 

/cardstock backgrounds using mediums yet . 

So here's my first test drive 

using Glimmer Mists & Glimmer Glam. 

The gold glitter from the Golden Goddess Glimmer Glam 

shows up nicely here. 

I tried to follow the curves in the sketch & cut out the CC Delovely patterned papers 

freehand for a fun touch . 

I think I just could do this more often -

creating my own backgrounds on white cardstock - 

that oughta use up the spray ink / mediums just a little bit more ! ;) 

Scrapping made easy - the SF Mix & Mend way

The new SF Mix and Mend papers are like no other 

from their previous collections & understandnably so ,

as it's designed by Michelle Clement . 

It's no sweat, no bulk, no warping pages if that's how you like 'em sometimes

( like I do ! ) 

This Handmade Hobnob paper practically scraps itself , 

with all the rich, layered details . 

I added quite a few Such Sweet Tierney buttons, 

used some Tim Holtz tickets for titles, an  SF Indie Girl journaling sticker, 

my own hand colored crinkled ribbons & Helen's crochet flower.

Layout design inspired by Sketch Inspiration #141 too.

Love how  happy the colors of this line are, 

& the papers turned out more versatile to use than I thought ! 

Check out Sassafras' blog for a little insight 

on Michelle Clement's design process with this line . 

I thought I spied a pic of  her fabric or canvas material being coffee stained ! yums ! 

The Color Room TCR#23 / Sketchy Thurs 9.9

Nothing like finding some time to play along with some 

challenges to get some scrapping mojo going. 

I thought the latest Sassafras Lass' Mix & Mend 

was perfect for the latest color palette over at

the Color Room.

& I used the latest Sketchy Thursday sketch to get 

the layout design going fairly quickly. ;) 

Buttons are Such Sweet Tierney's. 

Felt titles by Creative Cafe.

Dirty Martini Glimmer Glam.

Little Shop of Sketches #70

The latest sketch is up & running over 

at the Little Shop of Sketches .

The Bo Bunny Cambridge pps are just perfect 

for this sketch interpretation 

and came together easily with these pics of DS . 

I outlined the shaped paper with TA's Glimmer Glam in Dirty Martini

and splattered Glimmer Glaze( penny loafer) & Glimmer Glam( gold)

 on the navy blue background .

I also used Dragonfly GM on the Kaisercraft wooden flourishes .

Starting this month , we have prizes to be won 

when you play along with our sketches . 

We're also on the lookout for more designers to join the DT .

Do check out the details here. 

ICS #82

Just love how versatile this Prima  Paislee Road line 

is for all types of cards . 

Check out all the DT examples here. 

This week, the owner of Sassy Studio Designs, 

Lindsay has offered 4 free digi image of the winner's choice.

Deadline to play along: September 13th at 11:59 PM Central Daylight Time USA.

The Scrappiest layout sketch 80

Found some time today to play along 

with the Scrappiest's Sketch 80. 

Papers & stickers by Bella Blvd - Midterm & One Fall Day ,

Buttons by Such Sweet Tierney ,

Jenny Bowlin Star stickers ,

May Arts ribbon.

Inspired Blueprints Sketch #55

I thought I'd cut into some new Crate Paper Restoration papers 

with the latest sketch at Inspired Blueprints. 

The corners of the square I cut using

 a circle punch , simply eyeballing it. 

More use for my fave crinkled ribbon . ;) 

Canvas alphas are the latest by Prima. 

Sketch Inspiration 139 - vuvuzela love

Here's a quick layout that I made today ,

using up some scraps of  the new Bo Bunny Cambridge pps . 

I had finished one layout earlier (for reveal next week) 

and thought I could use the scraps with 

the latest sketch at Sketch Inspiration. 

& finally a layout with our still new South African vuvuzela ! ;) 

I misted some Autumn Nights , Sugar Maple & Apple GM 

on the background paper for some depth of color. 

Other supplies : Karen Foster large horn brad, 

Making Memories ' glittered flourishes,

Honey puffy Thickers.